Wilhelmstrasse (Braunschweig)

Wilhelmstrasse
Street in Braunschweig
Wilhelmstrasse in a northerly direction
Basic data
place	Braunschweig
District	Hagen
Newly designed	after 1945
Hist. Names	by deme graven, Steingraben, Wendengraben
Connecting roads	to the north: Wendenstrasse / Am Wendentor; to the south: Ritterbrunnen
Cross streets	to the west: Bockstwete, Fallersleber Straße, An der Katharinenkirche, Wilhelmsgarten, Steinweg; to the east: Neue Knochenhauerstraße, Fallersleber Straße, Abelnkarre, Neue Güldenklinke, Steinweg
Buildings	Tax office, union building
use
User groups	Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport

The Wilhelmstrasse in the city of Braunschweig runs from Ritterbrunnen about Steinweg and the Fallersleber road away to Wendenstraße . It was named in 1835 after the ruling Duke Wilhelm . The street, formerly characterized by half - timbered houses , lost its original character due to the destruction during the Second World War and subsequent redesigns.

history

Wilhelmstrasse around 1900, in the middle the Kalm House

Wilhelmstrasse, which runs in the soft area of Hagen , was designated in 1330 as by deme graven , near the ditch. In the middle of the street an Oker ditch flowed from the Ritterbrunnen to the Wendentor. The opposite sides of the street were connected by 17 bridges and crossings. The section of Wilhelmstraße between Steinweg and Fallersleber Straße was formerly called Steingraben, while the former Wendengraben connected Fallersleber Straße with the Wendentor. From 1835 the street was canalized and named Wilhelmstraße in honor of the reigning Duke. With the canalization, the former ditch area was available as a driveway, which results in an extraordinary width compared to other streets in Braunschweig city center. Until 1870 a distinction was made between the northern and southern Wilhelmstrasse. Due to structural deficiencies in the drainage canals, which are over 120 years old, extensive renovations of the northern Wilhelmstrasse were carried out in 2012.

Development

Historic buildings

Baroque palace and later Wilhelmsgarten (Wilhelmstraße 20)

Wilhelmsgarten in 1898

At the corner of Wilhelmstrasse / An der Katharinenkirche there was a house built in 1512 that was converted into a baroque palace in 1755. The most prominent residents were Maria Antonia von Branconi , ducal mistress and friend of Goethe, as well as the later Prussian state chancellor Karl August von Hardenberg , who lived in the house from 1782 to 1793. The building, which had been used as an inn since 1861, was known under the name Wilhelmsgarten since 1873 . In 1894 it was converted into the largest community building in the city by including adjacent properties. The building was destroyed during World War II and was never rebuilt. The building complex of the Braunschweig tax office is now located in this area.

Intendant's building (Wilhelmstrasse 21)

The complex of buildings erected between 1834 and 1836 according to designs by Carl Theodor Ottmer south of the Katharinenkirche was used for the administration of the court theater on Hagenmarkt . The director's office, cash desk, rehearsal rooms, painting room and magazine as well as living rooms for the staff were integrated. The remains of the building destroyed during World War II were removed in the 1950s. At the time of National Socialism , the SD and SS resided at Wilhelmstrasse 21.

Gauss' birthplace (Wilhelmstrasse 30)

Birthplace of Carl Friedrich Gauß

Carl Friedrich Gauß was born on April 30, 1777 in the house at No. 30 on Wilhelmstrasse . The later mathematician, astronomer, geodesist and physicist grew up in Braunschweig before going to the University of Göttingen in 1795. The medieval half-timbered house was bought by the city of Braunschweig in 1927. In 1929 the Gauss Museum was established there. The building was completely destroyed in World War II. Important rescued exhibits are now in the city ​​museum and in the city ​​archive of Braunschweig .

Kalm's House (Wilhelmstrasse 95)

Relocated portal of the destroyed Kalm House at the new Reichsstrasse site

In 1619 a large patrician house was built on the corner of the Abelnkarre by the mayor Wilhelm Kalm. The building has been used as a girls 'citizens' school since 1830. The building was destroyed during the Second World War. The Renaissance portal, which was rebuilt at Reichsstrasse 15 as a passage to Opfertwete , has been preserved.

Lightwork

For the electrical lighting of the inner city, a direct current lighting plant was put into operation on Wilhelmstrasse on April 1, 1900.

Today's development

Druckhaus Oeding (Wilhelmstrasse 1)

In 1797 Karl Reichard founded a book printing company in Braunschweig, which was taken over by Hans Oeding in 1881 and has been run under the name Oeding since 1883. In 1891 the first Braunschweig telephone directory was published by Verlag Oeding. The company was rebuilt between 1948 and 1955 after being destroyed in the war. The East Lower Saxony Student Union and a student dormitory have been located in the building since 2014 .

Tax office (Wilhelmstrasse 4)

In the years 1956/57 a new building for the tax office Braunschweig-Stadt was built on Wilhelmstrasse. The offices moved into the building in October and November 1957.

Union House (Wilhelmstrasse 5)

The new trade union building was inaugurated on April 9, 1953. A new building was completed in summer 2005.

literature

• Johannes Angel: Wilhelmstrasse . In: Luitgard Camerer, Manfred RW Garzmann and Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon , Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 .
• Luitgard Camerer: Oeding Druck u. Verlag GmbH . In: Luitgard Camerer, Manfred RW Garzmann and Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon , Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 .
• Jürgen Hodemacher : Braunschweigs streets - their names and their stories, Volume 1: Innenstadt , Cremlingen 1995, ISBN 3-92706-011-9 .
• Norman-Mathias Pingel: Kalm's House . In: Manfred RW Garzmann and Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon supplementary volume , Braunschweig 1996.
• Norman-Mathias Pingel: Wilhelmsgarten . In: Luitgard Camerer, Manfred RW Garzmann and Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon , Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Expansion of Wilhelmstrasse between Fallersleber Strasse and Wendenstrasse, information on the website of the city of Braunschweig (June 2011)
2. ↑ Gerd Biegel and Angela Klein (eds.): Carl Theodor Ottmer 1800 - 1843. Braunschweigischer Hofbaumeister - European architect. Exhibition catalog for the 200 birthday in the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum, Braunschweig 2000, p. 310
3. ↑ Jörg Leuschner, Claudia Märtl and Karl Heinrich Kaufhold (eds.): The economic and social history of the Braunschweigisches Land Volume III Modern Times , Hildesheim 2008, pp. 746f.

Web links

Commons : Wilhelmstrasse (Braunschweig)  - Collection of images

• Historical photos of Wilhelmstrasse at OPAL

Coordinates: 52 ° 16 '5.3 "  N , 10 ° 31' 35.9"  E